Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 12574
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Horne , Peter.
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  • Title: The Besotted King and His Adonis: Representations of Edward II and Gaveston in Late Nineteenth-Century England
  • Source: History Workshop Journal 47, (Spring 1999): Pages 30 - 48.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Art History- Painting Edward II, King of England in Art Gaveston, Piers, Earl of Cornwall and Favorite of Edward II, King of England, in Art Homosexuality in Art Stone, Marcus, Painter (1840-1921)
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13- 14, 19
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  • Illustrations: Five Figures. Figure One "Edward II and Piers Gaveston," engraving by J. Stephenson for "Art Annual" 1896, after a painting by Marcus Stone, "Edward II and His Favourite Piers Gaveston," exhibited 1872. Figure Two Detail of the King and Graveston from Figure One. Figure Three Marcus Stone, " Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn observed by Queen Katherine," 1870, oil on canvas. Figure Four Marcus Stone, "Royal Nursery 1538," 1871, oil on canvas. Figure Five Marcus Stone, "In the Shade," 1879, oil on panel.
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  • Year of Publication: 1999.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 13633554